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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Roosevelt's opponent in the presidential race in 1940?
(a) Wendell Wilkie
(b) Dwight D. Eisenhower
(c) William Howard Taft
(d) Herbert Hoover

2. What happened to change the nature of Eleanor and Franklin's marriage?
(a) He never remembered their anniversary
(b) He had an affair with her social secretary
(c) She fell in love with another man
(d) Franklin's mother broke up the marriage

3. What does Roosevelt do for Missy?
(a) Sends her a wedding gift
(b) Buys her a new wardrobe
(c) Throws a going away party for her
(d) Leaves her half his estate in his will

4. In what type of household was Roosevelt raised?
(a) Destitute
(b) Wealthy
(c) Eccentric
(d) Average

5. Which pilot led a daring raid on Japan?
(a) Charles Lindbergh
(b) Audie Murphy
(c) The Red Baron
(d) James Doolittle

6. Who was the U.S. Ambassador to England in 1941?
(a) Winston Churchill
(b) Joseph P. Kennedy
(c) J. Edgar Hoover
(d) Herbert Hoover

7. Who was Lorene Hickok?
(a) The Roosevelt children's governess
(b) A newswoman and close friend of Eleanor's
(c) Franklin's personal secretary
(d) Eleanor's social secretary

8. What role does Eleanor take on after Franklin's illness?
(a) Mistress
(b) Business partner
(c) Secretary
(d) Legal counselor

9. What was Eleanor's relation to Theodore Roosevelt?
(a) His niece
(b) His sister
(c) His daughter
(d) His sister-in-law

10. For what has Eleanor Roosevelt just received an award?
(a) Promoting the arts
(b) Hospital fundraising
(c) Promoting Civil Rights and abolishing poverty
(d) Promoting women's rights

11. Up until this time, how many terms could a president serve?
(a) 4
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 1

12. At what major company did fights break out over unions?
(a) Westinghouse
(b) Ford Motor Company
(c) General Motors Company
(d) General Electric

13. Who is Harry Hopkins?
(a) Franklin's valet
(b) Franklin's best friend
(c) Franklin's tailor
(d) Franklin's political advisor

14. Who replaces Neville Chamberlain as Prime Minister of Great Britain?
(a) Cordell Hull
(b) Tony Blair
(c) Winston Churchill
(d) Prince Charles

15. In what city did Eleanor grow up?
(a) Chicago
(b) Paris
(c) Atlanta
(d) New York

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Franklin continue to spend weekends and afternoons?

2. Where did Roosevelt vacation with his family in June of 1940?

3. How is the Roosevelts' marriage described?

4. Why does the Civil Rights movement surge again at this time?

5. What public figure makes a case for isolationism in conflict with Roosevelt's position?

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